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We Are Austin Tech :: Aaron Brazell
October 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Aaron is a long-time core contributor to WordPress and has been involved in several startups including Austin’s own WP Engine. He wrote the WordPress Bible (Wiley) and has been providing high-end WordPress development solutions to clients for much of the past 3 years. He has also traveled around the country speaking at a variety of industry events relating to open source, media and social marketing.
We Are Austin Tech: Damon Clinkscales
October 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Today on WAAT we caught up with Damon Clinkscales, Web engineer at VitalSource building an e-textbook platform. Damon talks with us about founding Austin on Rails back in 2005. He also talks about the various tech communities in Austin and where you should get plugged in right away. Damon also hosts @cafebedouins a weekly tuesday [...]
The PR Challenges of Working With the Self-Proclaimed In-Crowd
September 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
About 3 weeks ago, a TechCrunch writer named Ryan Lawler wrote a story about the Lyft launch and how it got “ruined” because a GigaOm (he didn’t say that, but I’m pretty sure that’s the “offender” from the comments) writer posted their story late the night before the embargo was to be lifted (no pun).
Everything is Changing? (Moving from a social world to a personal world)
September 7, 2012 by 4 Comments
With the onslaught of privacy issues and Facebook (aka spambook) becoming a one way mass advertising platforms we are starting to see the froth come off of the likes of Facebook and Linkedin.
Picking Internet Service
August 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Finding internet service for your startup is always a challenge. After having to go through this so many times with companies such as Time Warner Roadrunner, twtelecom, hughesinternet.net, Comcast, AT&T, and others, I thought I would share some quick tips in case it saves you some pain.
Why I Chose Austin – More Recently
May 22, 2012 by 4 Comments
I met guest blogger Ben Dyer before he moved to Austin, since he runs the Atlanta version of AustinStartup, which is named TechDrawl. As a more recent transplant, he has a great perspective on our theme of the week, “Why I Chose Austin.”
I Choose Austin
May 21, 2012 by 13 Comments
Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. He founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. He’s currently the CEO of OtherInbox and Director of Capital Factory. Joshua has helped start a dozen companies, sold four of them, invested in more than fifty of them, and is a mentor to many others. You can follow him on Twitter @joshuabaer
The Scoop on Silvercar
April 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Do any of our intrepid readers have any inside scoop on SilverCar? According to the Texas State Securities Board, the company raised $3M of a planned $11M round of financing from Austin Ventures. According to Indeed, they’re looking to hire a couple tech folks.
Friday Featured Jobs
April 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Here’s a few tech jobs that we’d like to highlight for you on this Friday.
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